Jimi Hendrix riffs on his Fender Stratocaster in this 1969 handout photo from Sony Records. Jimi Hendrix gave his most famous performance in August 1969 as the closing act at the Woodstock festival ...

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The guitar riff is synonymous with rock music. And these iconic riffs by Tom Petty, Nirvana, and The Call continued the tradition in 1989.

Jimi Hendrix was only 27 when he died in 1970, but his stratospheric impact still reverberates throughout the rock ranks. The traveling multiartist concert Experience Hendrix Tour is a testament to ...

"As for the others, I wasn’t really a Zeppelin or a Black Sabbath fan. I was a fan of all music, but nobody had what Hendrix had." "As for the others, I wasn’t really a Zeppelin or a Black Sabbath fan ...

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution. In fact, what makes so many legendary rock songs memorable is the guitar riff, whether it’s layered with heavy reverb or ear-crunching distortion. The first patent ...

It was 45 years ago this very week — Sept. 18, 1970 — that Jimi Hendrix left us at the tragic age of 27, having choked to death on his own vomit while intoxicated on barbiturates. By that point, he'd ...

Rock music continued to evolve in 1967, and with it, so did guitar riffs. As fuzz guitar pedals became more ubiquitous, the volume intensified to blistering levels. Guitar effects have as much to do ...